Window-cabinet.



W. C. MUCREADY.

WINDOW CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 13, 190e.

Patented Jan. 19. 1909.

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W. C. MOCREADY. WINDOW CABINET APPLICATION FILED JAN. 1a. 1909.

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WALTER C. MCCREADY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

WINDOW-CABINET.

Application filed January 13, 1908.

'1.'0 (LLL 'whom et may concern:

Be it known that I, vWALTER C. MCCREADY, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Vindow-Cabinets, of which the following is aspecication.

This invention relates to improvements in window cabinets and consistsof the novel arrangement, construction and combination of parts as willbe fully hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of my invention is to construct a cabinet hingedly mounted tothe window casing and arranged to be supported in front of the casing,the door of the cabinet being controlled by the manipulation of thewindow sash.

A further object of my invention is to construct a cabinet in whicharticles are to be placed, the said cabinet being properly ventilatedand to take the place of a refrigerator.

Figure 1 is a front view of my improved cabinet in its operativeposition in a window frame, viewing the same from the interior of theroom. Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 isa rear View of the cabinet in position on the window frame. Fig. t is aperspective View of my complete cabinet, showing the same hingedlymounted upon the window frame and in a position swung away from thecasing. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the same, showing it in itsoperative position and the manner of the hinged connection. Fig. 6 is adetail enlarged sectional view of a portion of the cabinet and thewindow sash showing the manner of contact between the sash and thecabinet door.

In the construction of my invention I provide a cabinet composed of abottom 7, a rear wall 8, side walls 9, a slanted top 10 and a door 11.In the cabinet is placed a plurality of shelves 12, upon which articlesmay be placed.

On the one end 9 of the cabinet, I rigidly secure a pair of hingemembers 13 and 14, the hinge member 13 supported by and operating in abracket 15, connected to the side of the window casing 16, the member 11supported by and operating in a bracket 17, securely fastened to theedge of the window sill 18. The members 13 and 14 are located inalinement so as to retain the cabinet in a perpendicular position, whilethe same is i Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

Serial No. 410,661.

being swung outwardly away from the window casing as shown in Fig. 4.The object of this arrangement is to permit the housewife to have freeaccess to the window when desiring to clean the same.

The door 11 is mounted upon the spring hinges 19, the said springs beingso arranged as to normally hold the door 11 in an upright or openposition as shown in Fig. 1, and by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, and thelimit of the raised position of the said door is governed by the stop20.

The door may preferably be provided with panels and between said panelson the outside of the door is fastened a strip of some suitablematerial, against which is designed to contact a roller 22 carried inthe bracket 23 secured to the bottoni rail 24 of the window sash 25, andthe object of said roller is to keep the door 11 in a closed positionwhen the cabinet is in its locked normal position against the front ofthe window frame.

The cabinet is held in a locked position against the front of the windowcasing by means of the bolt 26, communicating with the socket 27, formedin the sill. The bolt, which is provided with a knob 26, is in suchposition that, when the window-sash is down, its knob will be directlybeneath the roller 22, whereby release of the bolt from the socket isprevented.

The walls of the cabinet are properly provided with vent openingsthrough which air may circulate and keep the victuals in the cabinet infresh condition.

The operation of my invention is as follows: After the cabinet has beenproperly hinged in position against the window casing and locked by thebolt 26, by raising the lower window sash, the roller 22 graduallyascending, the door 11 will be permitted to automatically open, assuminga position as shown in Fig. 1 and by dotted lines in Fig. 2. The sash atthis period being sufficiently open, access can be readily had to thecontents located in the cabinet and the door of the cabinet isautomatically closed by the lowering of the window sash.

Having fully described my invention what I claim is:

1. The combination, with a window-casing and a window, of a cabinethaving an upwardly opening door on its front side, spring mechanism forautomatically opening sai door and holding it in raised position, thecabinet being hinged to the window-casing,

door in an elevated position, and a roller carried by the Window sashadapted to contact With the door and retain it in a closed l5- position,substantially as specilied.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inpresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

VALTER C. BICCREADY.

lVitnesses ALFRED A. Rions, lVALTnn C. STEIN.

